Over 33 years of Experience

Birmingham Gemological Services, Ltd is an independent jewelry appraiser providing independent appraisals, evaluations and identification of diamonds and colored stones. They have serviced more than 33,000 clients since 1977 providing unmatched service in the Detroit metro area and throughout Southeast Michigan.

About Our Master Gemologist

James R. Krol received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Lawrence Technological University in 1969.  Mr. Krol has been in the jewelry business for thirty-eight years and has worked as a retail jeweler, diamond merchant, and a loose colored stone salesman.  For the last thirty-three years he has been a Gemologist/Appraiser for his own firm, Birmingham Gemological Services, Ltd., in Birmingham, Michigan. His qualifications are unmatched in the industry.

Jim received his Graduate Gemologist diploma from the Gemological Institute of America James R. Krolin 1977.  He is a past Regional Governor of the Accredited Gemologists Association.  He is a current member of the Alumni Association of the G.I.A. and past president of his state chapter.  Mr. Krol is not only a Master Gemologist Appraiser and Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisers, but also has an accredited gemological laboratory and has served on the Gems and Jewelry Committee.   He is a senior member of the National Association of Jewelry Appraisers.  Mr. Krol has been a member of The International Society of Appraisers since 1980 and is a past president of the Michigan Chapter.

In 1979 Mr. Krol was selected to be in Who’s Who in the Jewelry Industry by Jeweler’s Circular-Keystone.

Mr. Krol’s appraisal service covers the spectrum from insurance appraisals to estate appraisals, from retail replacement to divorce settlement, and from establishing fair market value for the Internal Revenue Service to private consultations on diamonds and colored stone sales.

Jim considers one of the highlights of his career thus far to be his work in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia when he was selected to establish a gemological testing laboratory there and appraised jewelry for the Royal Family.

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